Company type | Software, hardware, and cyber security company |
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Founded | October 25, 2010 |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Products | Passages ION Nfusion Timestream Tartan Virtus ELUSIV |
Subsidiaries | Anonymizer |
Website |
ntrepidcorp |
Ntrepid is an American software, hardware, and cyber security company, registered in Florida and based in Herndon, Virginia. [1] [2] [3]
In 2008, the Anonymizer company was acquired by the Abraxas Corporation, which was purchased by Cubic in 2010 for $124 million. [4] Some of Abraxas' former employees left to form Ntrepid that same year. [4] Lance Cottrell, founder of Anonymizer, is the chief scientist at Ntrepid. [5] Anonymizer is wholly owned by Ntrepid. [6] [7]
In March 2011, Ntrepid won a $2.76 million contract from the U.S. military for "online persona management." [2] The contract was for the creation of technology which would allow for blogging activities on websites, exclusively outside of the United States, to "counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda." [6] [8] It would allow for one operator to anonymously create and control up to ten personas from one computer. [3]
The project is overseen by U.S. Central Command (Centcom), whose spokesman Commander Bill Speaks stated that the operation would be carried out in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. [2]
The project is thought to be connected with Operation Earnest Voice. [2]
Company type | Software, hardware, and cyber security company |
---|---|
Founded | October 25, 2010 |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Products | Passages ION Nfusion Timestream Tartan Virtus ELUSIV |
Subsidiaries | Anonymizer |
Website |
ntrepidcorp |
Ntrepid is an American software, hardware, and cyber security company, registered in Florida and based in Herndon, Virginia. [1] [2] [3]
In 2008, the Anonymizer company was acquired by the Abraxas Corporation, which was purchased by Cubic in 2010 for $124 million. [4] Some of Abraxas' former employees left to form Ntrepid that same year. [4] Lance Cottrell, founder of Anonymizer, is the chief scientist at Ntrepid. [5] Anonymizer is wholly owned by Ntrepid. [6] [7]
In March 2011, Ntrepid won a $2.76 million contract from the U.S. military for "online persona management." [2] The contract was for the creation of technology which would allow for blogging activities on websites, exclusively outside of the United States, to "counter violent extremist and enemy propaganda." [6] [8] It would allow for one operator to anonymously create and control up to ten personas from one computer. [3]
The project is overseen by U.S. Central Command (Centcom), whose spokesman Commander Bill Speaks stated that the operation would be carried out in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. [2]
The project is thought to be connected with Operation Earnest Voice. [2]